Materials Engineers

LCA filing profile: Materials Engineers. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 17-2131.00, the extract lists 6,797 Labor Condition Application filings from 976 distinct employer filers. The DOL certified 98.8% of those filings, a DOL record status for the wage and working-condition attestations. Filing volume does not establish that a role qualifies for H-1B, that a USCIS petition was filed or approved, or that anyone was hired.

Where this occupation sits in the corpus. By disclosed LCA volume, Materials Engineers ranks #46 of 1,219 occupational codes in the current PlainVisa dataset, placing it in the top 5% by filings. This is a corpus-relative rank computed from the same FY2023–FY2026 DOL disclosure snapshot as this profile, not a measure of job quality, worker demand, or visa approval odds.

Where LCA filings are recorded for Materials Engineers. The highest-volume employer filer is Intel Corporation with 2,966 filings at an average listed offered wage of $110,685, followed by Lam Research Corporation, Applied Materials, Inc., Apple Inc.. Geographically, OR leads with 2,408 filings (average listed wage $112,750), followed by CA, AZ, TX. These distributions describe DOL filing records only; they do not measure labor-market demand, confirmed sponsorship, hiring, or visa outcomes.